Songs, rhymes and stories for young listeners
discuss their history and culture
AJ Cronin's comic tale, as 7.30pm
The second of two programmes in which Barry Cryer presents classic episodes of 70s comedies, featuring Lines from My Grandfather's Forehead (1971); The
Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (1978); I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (1977); The Atkinson People (1979); Just a Minute (1979); and Listen to Les (1975)
cricket captain Douglas Jardine sets out on the 1932 Ashes tour with the intention of destroying the Australian team. Drama by Christopher Douglas, with Michael Cochrane, Robert East. Haydn Wood, Robert Lang, Michael Kitchen and David Threlfall
Simon Brett's murder mystery So Much Blood, starring Francis Matthews as sleuth Charles Paris (2-6/6)
Tales from miners in Northumberland, Durham, south Wales and the East Midlands. Compiled in 1960 by Charles Parker
Chilling tale by Lucy Kirkwood, introduced by Mark Gatiss. with Gunnar Cauthery (5/5)
Benedict Cumberbatch reads from Franz Kafka's surreal 1915 novella about a world-weary clerk who wakes up to discover he has turned into a hideous insect (1/4)
and performers consider their nation's history and artistic heritage
Dramatisation of AJ Cronin's tale, with John Gordon Sinclair and Brian Pettifer (4/6)
The second of two programmes in which Barry Cryer presents classic episodes of 1970s comedies, featuring Lines from My Grandfather's Forehead (1971); The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket (1978); I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (1977); The Atkinson People (1979); Just a Minute (1979); and Listen to Les (1975)
Northumberland, Durham, south Wales and the East Midlands. Compiled in 1960 by Charles Parker. with songs by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger
Abroad as 1pm
Comedy drama by Wally K Daly
